Text size Courtesy of Nikola. Investors must prepare for volatile week of stock trading by heavy-duty fuel cell truck pioneer Nikola. Stock guarantees, issued in some of the transactions that eventually brought the company to the public markets, can now be exercised. Shares slumped on the news on Friday, but …
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The numbers: Initial jobless claims fell slightly in the second week of July to a post-pandemic low of 1.30 million, but the decline reluctantly points to continued stress on the economy as the United States struggles to cope with the latest outbreak of coronavirus. New claims for unemployment benefits, a …
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Posted: Jul 15, 2020 at 11:16 am ET Goldman Sachs earnings in focus. Getty The shares gained ground Wednesday due to optimism about progress on a COVID-19 vaccine candidate despite mounting cases in the United States, while investors digested earnings reports and monitored tensions between the United States and China. …
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The numbers: Business activity in New York State increased in July for the first time since the pandemic began in March, according to the New York Fed Empire State Manufacturing Survey released on Wednesday. The Empire State Trading Conditions Index rose to 17.2 in July from 0.2 negative in the …
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“ “I think we have a second tranche and that is very reminiscent of what happened in the 1930s, where people appreciate the depth of this recession and the disruption and how long it will take to recover.” “ That’s A. Gary Shilling, a longtime economist and president of A. …
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